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thomas is introduced by susan eisenhower the granddaughter of the dwight eisenhower at the eisenhower institute in washington d.c.. this is about 50 minutes. .. >> the answer was there is no plan. i blew up, not for the first or last time, and said, how can it be the head of the soviet union dies, and we have no contingency plan. it was criminal, said the president. the truth was the united states and the other western nations had very little idea of what was happening behind the iron curtain. two years later at the first summit meeting of the cold war era at geneva in 1955, the united states still did not know who was running the soviet union. they sent four leaders, one tall white man in a white suit with a white goatee who looked like colonel sanders from kentucky fried chicken, clearly, a figure head. the head of the red army, ike's ally in defeating the nazis in world war ii. eisenhower spent his son, john, to do some spying. subdued and shaken, just whispered, "things are not as they seem." presidentize -- president eisenhower found out who was in charge on the fifth day of the
thomas is introduced by susan eisenhower the granddaughter of the dwight eisenhower at the eisenhower institute in washington d.c.. this is about 50 minutes. .. >> the answer was there is no plan. i blew up, not for the first or last time, and said, how can it be the head of the soviet union dies, and we have no contingency plan. it was criminal, said the president. the truth was the united states and the other western nations had very little idea of what was happening behind the iron...
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he's introduced by susan eisenhower, granddaughter at the eisenhower institute in washington d.c. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> what an honor and treat to be at the eisenhower institute and especially an honor to have susan introduced me. you know, families can be a little touchy about the great man and their family, but the eisenhower's were amazing with me. john, susan, david are completely open, not defensive, which is unusual. incredibly helpful and i could not have done this book without them. so thank you, susan. six weeks after dwight eisenhower became president, stalin died. paik caught together top advisers and officials in that, what's the plan? .. is >> little bit like colonel sanders of kentucky fried chicken. was clearly a figure. ike was rooting for the general, the head of the red army was ike's ally in defeating the nazis in world war ii. eisenhower sent his son john out to do a little spying. john seidel up to him. things are not as they seem. president eisenhower did not find out who was really in charge until the fifth day of the conference, when ike p
he's introduced by susan eisenhower, granddaughter at the eisenhower institute in washington d.c. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> what an honor and treat to be at the eisenhower institute and especially an honor to have susan introduced me. you know, families can be a little touchy about the great man and their family, but the eisenhower's were amazing with me. john, susan, david are completely open, not defensive, which is unusual. incredibly helpful and i could not have done...
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so eisenhower felt strongly. and roosevelt have felt strongly along those lines that's why she's focusing on the two weeks how rapidly things change in the first two weeks when truman takes over and truman comes in and he is laid over his head which he admits. he has recurring nightmares as vice president that they not on the door in the middle of the night, the secret service would come and see the president is dead, your president now. that was his nightmare for good reason. he was not prepared. he wasn't chosen because he was qualified to run a. when they chose him in 44 to run for the senate, prendergast was asked by the newspapers' white teaches him to run for the senate? and prendergast says i want to serve the world as a well oiled machine to take an office boy and get him elected to the senate. truman in his first term is considered the senator from prendergast shunned by the other senators. even in the second term he develops more of a national reputation but he's not an expert on any of these kind of is
so eisenhower felt strongly. and roosevelt have felt strongly along those lines that's why she's focusing on the two weeks how rapidly things change in the first two weeks when truman takes over and truman comes in and he is laid over his head which he admits. he has recurring nightmares as vice president that they not on the door in the middle of the night, the secret service would come and see the president is dead, your president now. that was his nightmare for good reason. he was not...
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time whenen the country had much more stable families and divorceates were very low we had fdr and eisenhower and kennedy, a president who obviously had affairs, and they were not penalized. dulles has an airport named after him. >> a different dollars. >> it is aer the family. [laughter] -- a differerent dulles. >> may be it was the diamond- giving that did it. the irony is that in a time when divorce rates are 50%, and we react with this sort of extrememe reaction when n we have a case of that happening with a a high official -- >> i think he shoulde punished. he should pay a price, the public price apologize, be shamed, and he would be, b why can he not go back to work? >> i cannot answer that. let me ask you ather question -- to members congress read polls? it is a seriousuestion. a month ago, the gallup ll had their approvaval rating at 18%. i will put a positive spin on thatat -- it i an improvovement over august where it was 10%. you would think that during their wewell-earned chrisas break, both of us would have found a wayy to come together and get something done. >> this is not the
time whenen the country had much more stable families and divorceates were very low we had fdr and eisenhower and kennedy, a president who obviously had affairs, and they were not penalized. dulles has an airport named after him. >> a different dollars. >> it is aer the family. [laughter] -- a differerent dulles. >> may be it was the diamond- giving that did it. the irony is that in a time when divorce rates are 50%, and we react with this sort of extrememe reaction when n we...
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. >> at a time when divorce rates were low and america had more stable marriages, we had fdr, eisenhower, kennedy that had affairs. they were not penalized. dulles has an airport named after him. >> different dulles. >> the family. may be it washe diamond-giving everyear that d it -- maybe it was the diamond- giving every year that did it. the irony is that he is at a time when divorce rates are 50%, and we react with this sort of extreme reaction when we have a case of that happening with a high official. >> i think he should apologize. he should be punished. he should pay a public price. apologize, be shamed, and he would be, but why can he not go back to work? >> i cannot swer that. lemesk you another question -- do members of congress read polls? it is a serious question. approvalago, congress' rating was 18%, an improvement over august where it was 10%. if this good deal -- the fiscal could deal -- the fiscal cliff deal. you think during their well- earned christmas break, both sides would find a way to come together and do something. >> this is n the fault of congress. congress is
. >> at a time when divorce rates were low and america had more stable marriages, we had fdr, eisenhower, kennedy that had affairs. they were not penalized. dulles has an airport named after him. >> different dulles. >> the family. may be it washe diamond-giving everyear that d it -- maybe it was the diamond- giving every year that did it. the irony is that he is at a time when divorce rates are 50%, and we react with this sort of extreme reaction when we have a case of that...
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time when the country had much more stable families and divorce rates were very low, we had fdr and eisenhower and kennedy who obviously had affairs, and they were not penalized. dulles has an airport named after him. it is after the family. maybe it was the diamond-giving every year that did it. >> the irony is at a time when divorce rates are 50%, and we react with this sort of extreme reaction when we have a case of that happening with a high official -- >> i think he should be punished. he should pay a price, a public price, apologize, the shame, and he would be, but why can he not go back to work? >> i cannot answer that. let me ask a question -- to members of congress read polls? it is a serious question. a month ago, the gallup poll had the approval rating at 18%. it is an improvement over august's where it was 10%. the fiscal clip deal, the day after christmas, kali had the president's approval rating, 54%. republican members of congress, 26%. you would think that during their well-earned christmas break, both sides would have found a way to come to the other and get something done. >>
time when the country had much more stable families and divorce rates were very low, we had fdr and eisenhower and kennedy who obviously had affairs, and they were not penalized. dulles has an airport named after him. it is after the family. maybe it was the diamond-giving every year that did it. >> the irony is at a time when divorce rates are 50%, and we react with this sort of extreme reaction when we have a case of that happening with a high official -- >> i think he should be...
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it's basically like an eisenhower speech, military industrial complex. he says basically you have people like rush out there making zillions. people in the blogosphere who just enjoy what they're doing, but there's an entertainment industry led by hannity and the rest of them, and they always take the fringe side. >> sure. it's blindingly obvious what they're saying, but the fact they're now saying it is kind of interesting. if you went back and looked at the tea party, a lot of the so-called populist groups were funded and backed by the u.s. chamber of commerce and other corporate interests. you have all these well-meaning blue collar republicans out there doing the bidding of millionaires -- >> how are they backed by the chamber? >> all kinds of corporate lobbyists are involved. if you look at the people, they have just been transplanted over from other well-funded groups to try to harness that tea party movement, and well-meaning people were exploited. >> you said you wouldn't mind tiptoeing across the finish line january 1st. i have no idea. i'm afra
it's basically like an eisenhower speech, military industrial complex. he says basically you have people like rush out there making zillions. people in the blogosphere who just enjoy what they're doing, but there's an entertainment industry led by hannity and the rest of them, and they always take the fringe side. >> sure. it's blindingly obvious what they're saying, but the fact they're now saying it is kind of interesting. if you went back and looked at the tea party, a lot of the...
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in the early days of the cold war, the truman and eisenhower administration did not take the attitude, we don't care if communism comes to power in france, italy, or japan, as long as there's fair elections, that's all we care about. that was not their attitude. in fact, they were willing to pour covert american funds into political campaigns which, on some level could be seen as prejudice to the free and fair elections, which i think they under correctly to be in the long term interest to preserve democracy and freedom in those countries. we have to rethink the checks we put on our behavior today where we are terrified of having the cia, for example, be involved in covert funding of modern elements in the muslim world, in part, baa we are rightly concerned that cia involvement is impossible to keep secret in today's world of wikileaks, but i, you know, unfortunately, our enemies show no self-imposed limits on them, and out there practice active dollar diplomacy on interests not congruent to our own, and we are standing on the sidelines. it's a lesson that -- this is just one example
in the early days of the cold war, the truman and eisenhower administration did not take the attitude, we don't care if communism comes to power in france, italy, or japan, as long as there's fair elections, that's all we care about. that was not their attitude. in fact, they were willing to pour covert american funds into political campaigns which, on some level could be seen as prejudice to the free and fair elections, which i think they under correctly to be in the long term interest to...
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eisenhower kept vetoing. since the farewell address, there has been talk about the industrial complex. the new left tried to portray eisenhower as an anti- establishment liberal. it took me eight years to realize there was an industrial complex. it is a small point. but anyway, the kennedy administration talked about how they worked together. not one book mentions this. how well they worked together. a johnson-nixon administrations, think about this. you have a liberal democrat, johnson, and the other was a conservative republican, nixon. byrd is friends with both of them and helps them to get legislation enacted. but when each of them crossed the line, the constitutional line,byrd goes after them hard. you can read the chapter when byrd goes after johnson. i think that was one of the reasons for johnson felt removal. -- johnson's removal. byrd certainly helps drive nixon out of office. when you cross a constitutional line, byrd goes after you. it did not matter whether he liked you or not. he will go after y
eisenhower kept vetoing. since the farewell address, there has been talk about the industrial complex. the new left tried to portray eisenhower as an anti- establishment liberal. it took me eight years to realize there was an industrial complex. it is a small point. but anyway, the kennedy administration talked about how they worked together. not one book mentions this. how well they worked together. a johnson-nixon administrations, think about this. you have a liberal democrat, johnson, and...
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i sat down with national security adviser tom donilon in secretary of war suite of the eisenhower executive office building. >> when you come into the white house, has the trail for osama bin laden gone cold? >> when we came into office, the beginning of 2009, the trail had gone cold. we really hasn't had a good case to his whereabouts since he was at tora bora in 2001. >> so what does the president say at that point? he tells leon panetta, get bin laden. >> in the spring of 2009, the president asked to see me and leon panetta, and rahm emanuel, and ron leiter, head of the national terrorism center and he said, i want to re-energize the hunt for osama bin laden. i want you to make this your top priority. i want to get reports every 30 days. >> august 2010, leon panetta comes back to the president with some information. correct? >> that's correct. in the summer of 2010, the cia led by leon panetta came to us and indicated that they had evidence that was interesting to them at in point, that led them to believe there was a high-value person of interest at jalalabad, pakistan. >> at what point
i sat down with national security adviser tom donilon in secretary of war suite of the eisenhower executive office building. >> when you come into the white house, has the trail for osama bin laden gone cold? >> when we came into office, the beginning of 2009, the trail had gone cold. we really hasn't had a good case to his whereabouts since he was at tora bora in 2001. >> so what does the president say at that point? he tells leon panetta, get bin laden. >> in the...
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the eisenhower and the penetration and the kennedy administration were determined to rid cuba of fidel castro. there was the bay of pigs from 1961, the kennedy administration humiliated by castro because he won. they've resorted to a whole series of elaborate clandestine operations and assassination plots to kill fidel castro. they didn't want to re-enter in 1964 with fidel castro still in power. >> do you think it jfk had survived, said all castro wouldn't have survived? >> it's an interesting question. one of the interesting personalities i write about in the book a very senior cia officer named desmond fitzgerald after kennedy's assassination, he tells people if kennedy had lived, castro wouldn't still be in power by 1964. he was behind the most sophisticated assassination plot and he truly believed that. >> he was a recruit to the spy by the cia, a man that had been close to the castro brothers and a hero of the revolution, a trained assassin and accomplished assassin and he had been recruited by the cia after clandestine meetings in europe and latin america. he told the cia he dis
the eisenhower and the penetration and the kennedy administration were determined to rid cuba of fidel castro. there was the bay of pigs from 1961, the kennedy administration humiliated by castro because he won. they've resorted to a whole series of elaborate clandestine operations and assassination plots to kill fidel castro. they didn't want to re-enter in 1964 with fidel castro still in power. >> do you think it jfk had survived, said all castro wouldn't have survived? >> it's an...
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eisenhower, a wild eyed radical liberal warned that the military industrial complex would bankrupt america. that and whatever happened to our judeo-christian ethics in our nation. how did we ever get so militarized? >> guest: the biggest change in american foreign policy probably since the republic was founded was the creation of nato in 1947. the creation of nato in 1947 was a point in time and the united states said it would come in fact engage in an entangling alliance with other countries' international interest. the previous hundred and 65 years of american history it avoided those kinds of commitments. you can make your own judgment about whether that was a smart decision not. i think it was a wise decision myself, but it was a significant change in the orientation of american international engagement. that has now been true since 1947, so we are talking 65 years that we have been engaged in that entangling alliance and other into an alliance is deliberately and by choice that involve the united states in a global position. the question is whether we want to stay in that kind of posi
eisenhower, a wild eyed radical liberal warned that the military industrial complex would bankrupt america. that and whatever happened to our judeo-christian ethics in our nation. how did we ever get so militarized? >> guest: the biggest change in american foreign policy probably since the republic was founded was the creation of nato in 1947. the creation of nato in 1947 was a point in time and the united states said it would come in fact engage in an entangling alliance with other...
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we're not going back to eisenhower. we're talking about clinton-era tax rates for those incomes, income above that level. restore the same clinton-era tax rates on unearned income when there were unproductive investments out there. delay the across the board cuts for 30 days. give the new congress a chance to make smarter, targeted cuts of equal value and fix the medicare reimbursements so seniors aren't threatened in the middle of the month of not being able to get medical care and extend unemployment. don't be cure -- cruel to those who are trying to find work. it's not the specifics really, that i want to talk about here. it's the procedure. this is what will solve it. this is washington. it's not about reality. now, here it is. the midnight magic plan. we began debate at 10:00 p.m. and for the first two hours, everybody could go to their usual corners. the rrps could decry the increased taxes on job creators, on income over $250,000 or $400,000 or $450,000. the republicans could stay true to their pledge to grover n
we're not going back to eisenhower. we're talking about clinton-era tax rates for those incomes, income above that level. restore the same clinton-era tax rates on unearned income when there were unproductive investments out there. delay the across the board cuts for 30 days. give the new congress a chance to make smarter, targeted cuts of equal value and fix the medicare reimbursements so seniors aren't threatened in the middle of the month of not being able to get medical care and extend...
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just as president reagan worked to deal with tip o'neill and bill clinton and president eisenhower, we need leadership on not just taxing rich people, but we contact them and it wouldn't help the medicare fiscal cliff. greg: others are skeptical, noting that high-profile meetings are for show often times and all about tactics. we expect the president will try a stopgap measure extending middle-class tax rates, extending unemployment benefits for some 2 million americans, do some small spending cuts now, but not entitlement reform. an ally of the white house and the house of representatives offered this. >> this is not for show. it is a last-ditch effort by the president to bring the congressional leaders together to try and get at least a small package. a small deal together before the new year. in order to avoid some of the tax hikes of the fiscal cliff and to deal with some of the unemployment. greg: senator rob portman, a republican from ohio said that if lawmakers in the white house can get through this fiscal cliff, we will immediately face another fiscal cliff, if you will. the d
just as president reagan worked to deal with tip o'neill and bill clinton and president eisenhower, we need leadership on not just taxing rich people, but we contact them and it wouldn't help the medicare fiscal cliff. greg: others are skeptical, noting that high-profile meetings are for show often times and all about tactics. we expect the president will try a stopgap measure extending middle-class tax rates, extending unemployment benefits for some 2 million americans, do some small spending...
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by the way every president goods back to dwight eisenhower has promised that they will balance the budget and the debt keeps getting bigger and bigger. the real tragedy is that over the last five years the debt has increased by almost $6 trillion. that is more money than was borrowed from 1776 through the year 1976. bill: that's ridiculous. >> it is a tragic situation. bill: what is the danger in this economically speaking for us. >> the danger is two fold. one is if you look at the budget right now and we continue on this pace of borrowing we are expected to do, trillion dollar deficits for as far as the eye can see we are looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of a trillion dollars each year bill in only servicing the debt, the interest payments on the debt, which means the current taxpayers won't get anything in return, any government services, they'll be paying taxes just to pay for our past fiscal sins, i think that is the big problem. the other related problem bill is think about what happens if interest rates start to rise. as you know interest rates are as low since the great de
by the way every president goods back to dwight eisenhower has promised that they will balance the budget and the debt keeps getting bigger and bigger. the real tragedy is that over the last five years the debt has increased by almost $6 trillion. that is more money than was borrowed from 1776 through the year 1976. bill: that's ridiculous. >> it is a tragic situation. bill: what is the danger in this economically speaking for us. >> the danger is two fold. one is if you look at the...
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on that day, eisenhower fished in the morning, both in the afternoon, and played bridge in the evening. there were prayers -- perhaps when the chief executive faced a daunting putt. this was not his first foray into the darkened ground of the relationship between religion and american politics. three days before christmas in 1952, president elect ike made a speech in which she said "our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in the deeply felt religious faith and i do not care what it is." he received a much ridicule from his cultured despise years. his professed indifference to the major of the religious faith. it is the first part of the statement that deserves continuing attention. certainly many americans, perhaps the majority of them, agreed that democracy or at least our democracy, which is based on a belief in natural rights, presupposes religious faith. people believe this that all people are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. there are two separate propositions that are pertinent to any consideration of the role of religion in american poli
on that day, eisenhower fished in the morning, both in the afternoon, and played bridge in the evening. there were prayers -- perhaps when the chief executive faced a daunting putt. this was not his first foray into the darkened ground of the relationship between religion and american politics. three days before christmas in 1952, president elect ike made a speech in which she said "our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in the deeply felt religious faith and i do not...
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can we really do that with the military contractors doing what eisenhower long ago says the is the military industrial complex, can we do that? is that better than to pull the money from social security and medicare where -- remember i told you worked for the chief of the staff aging committee under him. and he worked so hard to protect social security and medicare. and the deal we have protects it to 2035 and beyond if the economy improves. seniors have paid in to social security and medicare and actually there is a surplus because of that which is what the folks are trying to pull out of and use for these other purposes now. isn't it better to do what president obama has proposed and perhaps if we have the political will to use some of the military funding for our deficit situation? >> i don't think have we have any choice but to have further savings in defense. but to be fair there are not enough potential save there's to deal with our problem. our problem is so much bigger than we can get out of domestic discretionary accounts including defense. if we look at where we're headed, we're a
can we really do that with the military contractors doing what eisenhower long ago says the is the military industrial complex, can we do that? is that better than to pull the money from social security and medicare where -- remember i told you worked for the chief of the staff aging committee under him. and he worked so hard to protect social security and medicare. and the deal we have protects it to 2035 and beyond if the economy improves. seniors have paid in to social security and medicare...
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we have cut domestic discretionary spending to its lowest levels since the eisenhower administration. that is something the president felt was necessary in these extraordinary times. but to cut another 10% or 15% will make the proposals being suggested here a moot point. i flag that for everyone. the third issue i will talk about before closing its manufacturing. this administration has made manufacturing a priority, and we are very aware that when you focus on manufacturing, there are some who will take a more classical view and economic view and say that you cannot have a preference, or you cannot care more about any particular part of the economy, because then you're picking winners and losers, you're putting distortion. deadweight loss on the economy. i want to make the economic case for why that is not right. let's consider research and development. research and development is an area where there is strong bipartisan support and significance spillover benefits that go beyond the particular company doing research and development. we support our universities to do basic research, w
we have cut domestic discretionary spending to its lowest levels since the eisenhower administration. that is something the president felt was necessary in these extraordinary times. but to cut another 10% or 15% will make the proposals being suggested here a moot point. i flag that for everyone. the third issue i will talk about before closing its manufacturing. this administration has made manufacturing a priority, and we are very aware that when you focus on manufacturing, there are some who...
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it was just last week i was asked to speak on senator inouye's behalf at an event at the proposed eisenhower memorial, a joint bipartisan effort that has taken far too long to bring to fruition. a day before in the cloakroom, just back there, we had one of our many discussions where he grabbed my hand and looked me in the eye and said, you know, you and i probably vote differently 80% of the time. but in all of our mutual efforts, in all of our travels, i have considered you a brother. i didn't know what to do. i responded with a tear in my eye, and i said, i love you dan inouye. and he said i love you too. what a wonderful -- what a wonderful thing to hear from a true american hero in every respect. it has been a privilege and an honor to serve with such a remarkable and truly humble man. i also want to thank his wonderful staff in working with my staff son so many, many -- working with my staff on so many, many mutual projects. aloha, my friend. i will miss you every day. mr. president, i note the -- i'm sorry. i yield back the balance of my time. a senator: mr. president? the presiding of
it was just last week i was asked to speak on senator inouye's behalf at an event at the proposed eisenhower memorial, a joint bipartisan effort that has taken far too long to bring to fruition. a day before in the cloakroom, just back there, we had one of our many discussions where he grabbed my hand and looked me in the eye and said, you know, you and i probably vote differently 80% of the time. but in all of our mutual efforts, in all of our travels, i have considered you a brother. i didn't...